How to remove advancednews.net pop-ups [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The very appearance advancednews.net pop-up ads is a classic sign of ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) which installed on your PC system. Moreover, the adware can lead to the internet browser freezing/crash, delays when starting a new internet browser window or delays when viewing a site on the Web. I think you definitely want to solve this problem. For this purpose, necessity to perform cleanup of your system. You need to follow the steps below that will allow you to remove advancednews.net advertisements and clean your PC from the ad-supported software using the standard features of Windows and some proven free applications.

The ad supported software usually affects only the Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer by changing the internet browser’s settings or installing a malicious extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other browsers will be affected too. The ad supported software will perform a scan of the computer for web browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the internet browser shortcuts, it’ll add the argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you launch the web-browser, you will see an unwanted advancednews.net site.

We suggest you to delete adware and clean your system from advancednews.net popup ads ASAP, until the presence of the ‘ad supported’ software has not led to even worse consequences. You need to follow the few simple steps below that will allow you to completely remove the reroute to advancednews.net unwanted web page, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.

How can you prevent the advancednews.net ads

The ad-supported software usually come bundled with other free applications that you download off of the Internet. Once started, it will infect your computer and configure your web-browser’s to open a large number of the advancednews.net unwanted advertisements without your permission. To avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other installation screens, as well as to always choose the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ installation mode, when installing anything downloaded from the Internet.

How to manually remove advancednews.net pop-up ads

This step-by-step instructions will help you remove advancednews.net ads. These advancednews.net removal steps work for the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer, as well as every version of Windows operating system. Some of the steps may require you to close the browser or restart your system. So, bookmark or print it for later reference.

Uninstall suspicious and unknown applications by using Windows Control Panel

Press Windows key , then click Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then press “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will display the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.

Next, press “Uninstall a program”
It will show a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list and remove any suspicious and unknown programs.

Delete advancednews.net ads from Google Chrome

Reset Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the malware and adware, as well as to restore the browser’s settings that have been modified by adware.

Now launch the Google Chrome and press Menu button (small button in the form of three horizontal stripes).

It will display the Google Chrome main menu. Select “Settings” option.

You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Show advanced settings” link.

Scroll down again and press the “Reset settings” button.

The Google Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as on the image above.

Next, click the “Reset” button.

Once this process is finished, your web-browser’s settings will be restored to their original defaults. This will reset your homepage and search engine by default.

Remove advancednews.net pop-up ads from Firefox

If the Firefox settings have been modified by the ad-supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to delete the redirect onto advancednews.net site.

First, start the Firefox and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Next, press the Help button () as on the image below.

In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web-browser address bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page like below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will show the confirmation dialog box, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will start a task to fix your problems that caused by the ‘ad supported’ software. When it’s finished, click the “Finish” button

Delete advancednews.net redirect from Microsoft Internet Explorer

First, launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click the button in the form of gear (). It will open the Tools drop-down menu as shown on the image below. Next, click the “Internet Options”.

In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The IE will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown on the screen below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click on “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove advancednews.net redirect

When the ad supported software is started, it can also change the internet browser’s shortcuts, adding an argument like “http://site.address” into the Target field. Due to this, every time you run the web-browser, it will be rerouted to an annoying ads.

To clear the web browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text that starts with “http://” that has been added here. You need to remove it.

When the argument is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your browsers, as they may be infected too.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the unwanted advancednews.net site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all the tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ applications.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard together. This opens a prompt that titled with Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown below.

Task scheduler

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your system. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need get rid of it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it’s a component of the unwanted applications, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to get rid of, then click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown in the figure below.

Delete a task

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by ‘ad-supported’ software. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.

Remove advancednews.net ads automatically

You can remove advancednews.net advertisements automatically with a help of Malwarebytes Free. We recommend this free malware removal tool because it can easily remove adware, browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs and toolbars with all their components such as files, folders and registry entries.

Download Malwarebytes Free on your personal computer by clicking on the link below. Save it on your Desktop.

Once the downloading process is complete, close all windows on your PC system. Further, open the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown on the screen below, press the Yes button.

It will display the “Setup wizard” which will assist you install Malwarebytes on the computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once the installation is done successfully, press Finish button. Then Malwarebytes will automatically start and you can see its main window as shown in the figure below.

Next, press the “Scan Now” button . This will begin scanning the whole PC to find out malware and ad-supported software which cause the advancednews.net ads. When a threat is found, the number of the detected objects will change accordingly. Wait until the the scanning is done. Please be patient.

Once the system scan is finished, you can check all threats detected on your computer. Make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes will begin removing malware and ‘ad supported’ software which cause advancednews.net . When the disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer. I recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the Malwarebytes to remove ad supported software and other dangerous software.

Block advancednews.net pop-ups and other unwanted web pages

To increase your security and protect your computer against new unwanted ads and malicious pages, you need to use application that stops access to dangerous advertisements and web sites. Moreover, the program can stop the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Once the downloading process is finished, launch the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown on the image below.

Follow the prompts. Once the installation is complete, you will see a window as shown on the image below.

You can click “Skip” to close the setup application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will allow you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, web-sites like advancednews.net, as well as other harmful or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.

Get rid of advancednews.net pop-up ads and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes cannot delete the annoying advancednews.net pop-up ads from the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for adware, browser hijackers, PUPs and toolbars.

Once the download is done, open the file location. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen such as below.

Now, click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the malicious extensions and ad supported software that shows ads from advancednews.net web site. When it has finished scanning, it will display a scan report as shown below.

Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will show a prompt. Click “OK”. Once the cleaning procedure is finished, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your PC system.

Look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the AdwCleaner to get rid of ad supported software, browser hijackers and other malicious software.

Finish words

Now your PC system should be free of the advancednews.net advertisements. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-ups and unwanted dangerous web-sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your computer for new malware and ad-supported software). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new harmful applications and ad supported software are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove advancednews.net redirect from your PC, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.

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